Final Examination Prep Flashcards by Terry Herring

ACCREDITATION REVIEW COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY AND SURGICAL ASSISTING - OVERSEES THE EDUCATIONAL PORTION

ARC/STSA

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NATIONAL BOARD OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY AND SURGICAL ASSISTING - ADMINISTERS NATIONAL EXAM

NBSTSA

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ACCREDITATION FOR SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS

CAAHEP

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AST MOTTO - THE PATIENT FIRST

AEGER PRIMO

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIAITON FOR SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

AST - ASSOCIAITON OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

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IUSS

IMMEDIATE USE STEAM STERILIZATION (ONLY USED IN EMERGENCY SITUATION)

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

OSHA

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TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE’S ACTIONS, MISTAKES, AND ABILITIES

SURGICAL CONSCIENCE

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HOW MANY CEUs ARE NEEDED EVER 2 YEARS

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LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PATEINT BEFORE SURGERY

INFORMED CONSET

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HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS

LIABILITY

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WHO MAY SIGN CONSET IN EMERGENCY

2 CONSULTING PHYSICIANS

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FIRST DO NO HARM

PRIMUM NON NOCERE

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MEDIICATION USED TO RELIEVE PAIN

ANALGESIC

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UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE INVOLVING DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY

SENTINEL EVENT

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RESPONSE FOR OBTAINING THE OPERATIVE CONSENT

SURGEON

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SUCCINYLOCHOLINE (ANECTINE) AND ALL INHALATION AGENTS EXCEPT NITROUS OXIDE

CAN TRIGGER MH

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POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT

PACU

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LEGAL DOCUMENT STATING THE PATIENT’S WISHES

LIVING WILL

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DURING THE SURGICAL INTERVENTION

INTRAOPERATIVE

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INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT

ALL-HAZARDS APPROACH

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HEPARIN
PREVENTS THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOTS

ANTICOAGULANT

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LEAVING A PATIENT UNATTENDED

ABANDONMENT

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INJURY CAUSED BY A HEALTHCARE WORKER

IATROGENIC

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LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PATEINT BEFORE SURGERY

INFORMED CONSET

HOLDS EACH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS

LIABILITY

MCGILL FORCEPS

INSTRUMENT USED IN POSITIOING THE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE

FAILURE TO GIVE REASONABLE CARE

NEGLIGENCE

PATIENT WHO REQUIRES SURGERY BUT HAS ONE OR MORE COMORBID DISEASES THAT ENDANGER THE OUTCOME OF SURGERY

HIGH-RISK

PRIMUM NON NOCERE

FIRST DO NO HARM

DOCTRINE OF RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR

EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE'S CONDUCT

TRADE NAME FOR XYLOCAINE

LIDOCAINE

WRONGFUL ACT CAN BE INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL

TORT

ASSAULT

THREAT OF BODILY HARM

INTENTIONAL UNLAWFUL TOUCHING

BATTERY

TIME OUT

MANDATED PROCEDURE TO ENSURE THE CORRECT PATIENT, SITE, AND SIDE OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996

HIPAA

THE SUFFIX -TROPY MEANS

DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT

SPONGE LEFT INSIDE A PATIENT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT DOCTRINE

RES IPSA LOQUITUR

KILO-

PREFIX THAT DESIGNATES 1000 TIMES

NUMBER OF SUCTION PER OR

2 - ONE FOR SURGICAL TEAM AND 1 FOR ACP

AMNESIA

LACK OF RECALL

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION STANDARDS FOR STERILIZATION

AAMI

HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER

HEPA FILTER

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

LIVING WILL, HEALTH CARE PROXY, AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

ANTAGONIST

AGENT USED TO BLOCK THE ACTION OF ANOTHER DRUG

AREA LOCATED NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE OR - CAN WEAR STREET CLOTHES

UNRESTRICTED

LAMINAR AIR FLOW

UNIDIRECTIONAL AIRFLOW

AIR EXCHANGE IN OR PER HR

BETWEEN 15 AND 25

GAS PRESSURE IN THE ABDOMEN SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AROUND

15 mmHg

VERRES NEEDLE

USED TO INSTILL CO2

NONPROFIT HOSPITAL

ALLOCATED NONTAXABLE PROFITS TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY

WHAT DEPARTMENT PERFORMS PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES (X-RAY)

RADIOLOGY

PULSE OXIMETER

DEVICE THT MEASURES THE PERCETNAGE OF BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL, OFTEN PLACED ON THE FINGER

CAPNOGRAPHY

USED BY ACP FOR ANALYSIS OF EXPIRED CARBON DIOXIDE

NITROUS OXIDE ETHRANE FLUOTHAN

INHALATION AGENTS

FENTANYL CITRATE

SUBLIMAZE

ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATIC AGENT THAT MUST BE HANDLED DRY

MICROFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN (AVITENE)

BIER BLOCK

REGIONAL BLOCK THAT USES A TOURNIQUET

BLUE

NITROUS OXIDE (COLOR)

DANTROLENE REVONTO

DRUG TO TREAT MH

RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF THE OR

50% - 55%

REDUCES SECRETIONS

ANTICHLOINERGIC DRUG

COLOR GAS OUTLET FOR OXYGEN

GREEN

SCRUB SUIT, CAP, SHOE COVERS

PROPER ATTIRE FOR SEMIRESTRICTED AREA

TYPE OF BEHAVIOR SEEKS TO PROTECT ONE'S OWN RIGHTS, WHILE RESPECTING THOSE OF OTHERS

ASSERTIVENESS

GAUGE OF NEEDLE TO DRAW UP LOCAL

18G

GAUGE OF NEEDLE FOR LOCAL INFILRATION

25G

MOST COMMON IV SOLUTION

NORMAL SALINE (NaCl)

PREVENTS THE FORMATION OF CLOTS

ACTION OF HEPARIN

LOCAL THAT IS ONLY USED TOPICALLY

COCAINE

COMMON SYNTHETIC NARCOTIC ANALGESIC

DEMEROL

DRUG USED TO TREAT VENTRICULAR ARRHTHMIAS

LIDOCAINE

PPE USED TO PROTECT PATIENT DURING LASER

WET TOWELS AROUND SITE PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR

PROTAMINE SULFATE

ANTAGONIST FOR HEPARIN

SUCCINYLCHOLINE CHLORIDE (ANECTINE)

RAPID-ONSET MUSCLE RELAXANT

AIR PRESSUE FOR THE OR

POSITIVE

BUPIVACAINE

GENERIC NAME FOR MARCAIN

ADRENERGIC DRUG THAT INCREASES BLOOD PRESSURE, CAN BE ADDED TO LOCAL

EPINEPHRINE

USED TO INDUCE CHILDBIRTH LABOR

OXYTOCIN (PITOCIN)

SUFFIC -LYSIS MEANS

BREAKUP OR DISSOLUTION

VERSED

MIDAZOLAM

4 STAGES OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA

STAGE I - AMNESIA STAGE STAGE II - EXCITEMENT STAGE STAGE III - SURGICAL ANESTHESIA STAGE STAGE IV - OVERDOSE STAGE

DURING INTUBATION, CRICOID PRESSURE IS APPLIED IN ORDER TO OCCLUDE

ESOPHAGUS

EPINEPHRINE CAUSES

VASOCONSTRICTION

DEXTRAN

ARTIFICIAL PLASMA-VOLUME EXPANDER

4 PHASES OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA

INDUCTION MAINTENANCE EMERGENCE RECOVERY

LASER LIGHT IN WHICH THE FREQUENCY OF EACH WAVE IS THE SAME

COHERENT

MAC

MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE

1 CC = `

1 ML

FUEL IGNITION SOURCE OXYGEN

FIRE TRIANGLE

HBV

HEPATITIS B

PASS

FIRE EXTINGUISHER P = PULL A = AIM S = SQUEEZE S =SWEEP AT BASE

FILM BADGE

RADIATION EXPOSURE (WORN BY STAFF)

TANK SHOULD BE CHANGED OUT IF THE PRESSURE IS LESS THAN ----(PSI)

500

CICATRIX

SCAR

NOSOCOMINAL INFECTION

HOSPITAL ACQUIRED

2ND INTENTION HEALS BY

GRANUATION

WHICH SURGICAL WOUND HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFECTION

PARTIAL OR TOTAL SEPARATION OF THE WOUND EDGES

DEHISCENCE

RAISED THICKENED SCAR

KELOID

3 TYPES OF WOUND HEALING

1ST INTENTION 2ND INTENTION 3RD INTENTION

CLEAR FLUID THAT MAY DEVELOP AFTER SURGERY

SEROMA

MOST COMMON INCISION

MIDLINE

MUSCLE SPLITTING INCISION

MCBURNEY (OBLIQUE)

4 WOUND CLASSIFICATIONS

CLEAN - NO BREAKS IN TECHNIQUE CLEAN CONTIMINATED MINOR BREAKS (GU, GI ENTERED) CONTAMINATED MAJOR BREAK (GI TRACT ENTERED) DIRTY WOUND OVER 4 HRS, CONTAMINATED BEFORE SURGERY Remember wound classification should be assigned at the end of the case

PRIMARY INTENTION

HOW YOU WANT A WOUND TO HEAL MINIMAL SCAR

CLASSIFICATION OF WOUND HEALING INVOLVING PERFORATED BOWEL

THIRD INTENTION

IDENTIFY

LMA Laryngeal Mask Airway Establish & maintain a patient airway

FIBROUS BANDS THAT BIND ORGANS TOGETHER

ADHESIONS

A SPECIFIC BURN HAZARD OF MONOPOLAR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY. IT OCCURS WHEN CURRENT PASSES UNINENTIONALLY THROUGH INSTRUMENT INSULATION AND ADJACENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL INTO TISSUE

CAPACITIVE COUPLING

IDENTIFY

MCBURNEY INCISION MADE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MIDDLE THIRD AND OUTER THIRD OF THE LINE RUNNING FROM THE NAVEL TO THE UPPER MARGIN OF THE PELVIC, USED FOR APPENDECTOMIES